Alumni
Greetings from the AFS Alumni Office
Upcoming Alumni Events
Winter Spirit Night
January 16, 2026
Join us as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 2005 AFS Friends League Championship basketball teams when both the varsity boys and varsity girls captured league titles. Alumni will have access to a hospitality room to reconnect with teammates and friends, and we will recognize basketball alumni before the start of the 7 p.m. Varsity Boys game. We hope many alumni will return for this special celebration and cheer on our current teams as they take on Friends Select. Please RSVP to let us know if you plan to attend.
2nd Annual Black Alumni Reception
February 5, 2026 | 5:15 - 6 p.m.
Join us for light refreshments and conversation before Black Excellence Night, where students will present a program celebrating Black Arts and Entertainment. Please RSVP and stay tuned for more details soon.
4th Annual Trivia Night
April 10, 2026
An evening of friendly competition and community. Gather your classmates and form a team for a night of laughs and friendly rivalry. More details will be shared as April approaches.
Arbor Day Alumni Lunch and Tours
April 24, 2026
Reconnect with classmates over lunch and enjoy guided tours of campus in honor of Arbor Day. Alumni will then join the entire school for Arbor Day festivities that take place after lunch.
Questions? Contact Michelle Lofton at 215-576-3968 or alumni@abingtonfriends.net.
Our school community is a richer place when our on-campus and alumni communities are connected!
Whether through volunteering, attending a school event, mentoring via our career exploration programs, or attending a sports game, we are dedicated to making AFS an important part of your life.
Contact Us
Please contact Michelle Lofton at 215-576-3968 or alumni@abingtonfriends.net with any questions, thoughts, or ideas. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
The AFS Alumni community includes all former students, both graduates and non-graduates, as well as alumni parents, alumni staff, and alumni faculty.
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Alumni Spotlight
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Matthew MacNaughton
Recording a podcast is a lot of fun, but it's also a lot of work. Roseanne Liberti and Jenny Burkholder knew what they were signing up for, but they also saw an opportunity – to tell stories rooted in individuals' journeys of discovery and healing, and to do a lot of laughing along the way.
Matthew MacNaughton
Nearly eight years after finishing her surgical residency, Dr. Nisha Branch ’96 is back in her residency program—this time in anesthesiology. “It’s okay to change your mind,” she argues. Changing specialities is not common in medicine, but Nisha recalls how her AFS mentors encouraged her to experiment and explore, not simply accepting things as they are.
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Matthew MacNaughton
Nelson File graduated from AFS in 1976—another time of great transition in the world. Raised a Quaker, he was called to serve in his own way, first as a member of the Peace Corps, and then as a teacher. But if you told him before he graduated Abington Friends School that he would spend his whole life abroad—teaching at schools in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and ending his career in Australia as the Head of School of one of the largest Friends’ schools in the world—he would not believe you.
Roo News
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![NCAA Div I Winner Tiffany Davis to Lead Varsity Girl’s Basketball in 2025-26]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1752246251/abingtonfriendsnet/sqacwf8vyjhvmgg4bctt/tdavisncaawin.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1752246251/abingtonfriendsnet/sqacwf8vyjhvmgg4bctt/tdavisncaawin.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1752246251/abingtonfriendsnet/sqacwf8vyjhvmgg4bctt/tdavisncaawin.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1752246251/abingtonfriendsnet/sqacwf8vyjhvmgg4bctt/tdavisncaawin.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1752246251/abingtonfriendsnet/sqacwf8vyjhvmgg4bctt/tdavisncaawin.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1752246251/abingtonfriendsnet/sqacwf8vyjhvmgg4bctt/tdavisncaawin.jpg","width":2048}])
Abington Friends School Athletics Department is pleased to announce Tiffany Davis as the School’s next Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach, effectively immediately.
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